After participating in the Sicilian campaign, Morton was sent to England for cross-channel training-one week after D-Day-and was immediately thrown in to defend the Cotentin Peninsula. Jmarks the D-Day invasion, when over 156,000 American, British, and Canadian troops executed a critical turning point for the war. In one letter, he paints a vivid picture of fitting 162 men into a space the size of the drawing room at Oatlands! In his letters home, he recounts swimming in the pool and playing the organ at the old abandoned church. Under George Patton’s 2nd Armored Division, known as, “Hell on Wheels”, Morton got his wish.įrom the front of a tank, no doubt, Morton’s memories of pleasant times spent in the Virginia countryside at Oatlands grew more precious. One would think he had all the connections necessary to keep him out of harms way, but Morton chose to join the fray. His father, William Corcoran Eustis, served as personal secretary to General Pershing during World War I. His grandfather was former Vice President Levi P. Morton came from a well-connected family. However, Morton continued to push for combat roles, knowing that at age 36, he had very much surpassed the 28-year mark typically admitted into the infantry. The epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on Cullen Bohannon, a Confederate soldier who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who killed. Receiving his Army Air Corps commission in 1942, he was stationed in North Africa doing primarily desk work. As the United States felt the toll of another world war, Morton Eustis left the comforts of home to serve his country.
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